The First Provincial Record of a Yellow-browed Warbler was recorded in Ontario last week (photo by Pat Hare).

Last week birders found three new state record birds that included a First State Record Yellow-browed Warbler in Ontario, a First State Record Common Crane in New York, and a Sixth State Record Little Blue Heron in Las Vegas, Nevada. Eurasian Ruffs were identified in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Ohio; and a Painted Redstart was documented in Colorado. New York birders were surprised to find a Burrowing Owl in Brooklyn, and a Brant was observed far from an ocean shore in Iowa, and there’s more.

STATE & PROVINCIAL RECORDS

First Provincial Record Yellow-browed Warbler – Mississauga, Ontario

First State Record Common Crane – near Bow, Washington

Sixth State Record Little Blue Heron – Las Vegas, Nevada

REALLY RARE SIGHTINGS

Ruff – Oswego, Illinois

Ruff – Millersburg, Ohio

Ruff – Horicon Refuge, Wisconsin

Painted Redstart – Ouray, Colorado

Burrowing Owl – Brooklyn, New York

Wilson’s Plover – Glace Bay, Nova Scotia

Brant – near Iowa Falls, Iowa

CONTINUING RARE BIRDS

Little Stint – California

Northern Jacana – Arizona

Black-faced Grassquit – Florida

For more information, refer to the American Birding Association’s Rare Bird Alert at https://www.aba.org/rare-bird-alert-april-30-2021/ Special Thanks to the ABA, and Nate Swick, who does such a great job of compiling the ABA’s Rare Bird Alert, which we use to prepare this weekly replay.

You can often find more information about individual rare bird sightings from the state rare bird alert listserves that you can access at http://birding.aba.org/ or at https://www.facebook.com/groups/ABArare/